A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Greta Scacchi
as Diana, Lady Broughton
Charles Dance
as Josslyn Hay
Joss Ackland
as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
Sarah Miles
as Alice de Janzé
John Hurt
as Gilbert Colville
Trevor Howard
as Jack Soames
Geraldine Chaplin
as Nina Soames
Murray Head
as Lizzie
Ray McAnally
as Morris
Susan Fleetwood
as Gladys, Lady Delamer
Catherine Neilson
as Lady June Carberry
Alan Dobie
as Sir Walter Harrigan
